The 1st December was the day I had been waiting for throughout November – the grand shave off day of Stuart’s moustache! Stuart and a team from his work spent the last month cultivating interesting ‘taches and raising money for Movember. In total they have raised just shy of £2500 – which is a good effort!
To celebrate the demise of the mo and a successful fundraising effort I decided to make these rather manly mo cupcakes. Ages ago I spotted a moustache-shaped chocolate mould which I had to buy!! So I was able to make some chocolate moustaches to top each cake.
I made Chocolate Stout and Peanut Butter Frosting Cupcakes – combining two of Stuart’s favourite things! This recipe came from Septembers Living Etc. magazine:
Chocolate Stout and Peanut Butter Frosting Cupcakes (makes approx. 15)
Ingredients
Cupcakes
250ml Stout (I used Guinness)
225g Butter, chopped
75g Cocoa, sifted
2 Eggs
160ml Sour Cream
300g Plain Flour, sifted
1.5 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda, sifted
440g Caster Sugar
Peanut Butter Icing
160g Icing Sugar
280g Smooth Peanut Butter
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
80ml Single Cream
Method
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Preheat the oven to 160 C / Gas Mark 3
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Place the stout and butter in a saucepan over a medium heat and stir until the butter is dissolved
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Remove from the heat and whisk in the cocoa. Set aside
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Whisk the eggs and sour cream together
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Add to the stout mixture with the flour, bicarbonate of soda and sugar. Whisk to combine
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Pour into the cupcake cases
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Bake for around 30 mins or until they spring back when touched
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Cool on a wire rack
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For the icing, place the sugar, peanut butter, butter and vanilla in an electric mixer and beat for 6 minutes or until fluffy
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Add the cream and beat for another 2 minutes
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Put in a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes or decorate whichever way you like!
Hey there,
Great cupcakes… I was wonderin’ … I’m looking for the exact moulds producin’ the Mustache you used for the cupcake n the picture. Could you inform me pls? Thx a lot.
Olivier
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Hi, I got them online at http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk
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